Arapahoe Basin ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Arapahoe Basin is a ski area in Colorado, the United States. Its 103 mapped downhill runs add up to 49 km, which ranks it #48 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.5% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 480 m long.

Slopes at Arapahoe Basin

About 6% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 36% intermediate and 57% advanced or expert, which makes Arapahoe Basin best suited to confident and advanced skiers. 5.9 km (12%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 9 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets, 1 rope tow. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 3,288 m up to 3,802 m, a vertical drop of 514 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Arapahoe Basin

The nearest airport is Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC), about 72 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 33 min by car; Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is 89 km away. Nearby ski areas include Loveland Valley Ski Area (5.1 km), Loveland Basin Ski Area (47.7 km), Keystone (116.0 km) and Frisco Nordic Center, which together add 280 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.